DIANE KURZYNA
diane (at) rubyreusable.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 Art Center Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, "White Trash Redux," Seattle, WA
2002 The Evergreen State College Gallery, "White Trash Wedding," Olympia, WA
SELECT JURIED EXHIBITIONS/INVITATIONAL SHOWS
2006 Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University, "Recycled Art," Salem, OR
Arts Council of Snohomish County Gallery, "Art of Recycling," Everett, WA
SPS Community College Gallery, "1st Juried Art Show," Olympia, WA
2005 Bellevue Arts Museum, "Looking Forward/Glancing Backward," Bellevue, WA
Stables Gallery, "Arte de Descartes VI," Taos, New Mexico
BaseCamp, "Twelfth Annual Juried Art Exhibit," Enumclaw, WA
Synagogue for the Arts, "Art from Detritus: Recycling with Imagination," NY, NY
2004 Priceless Works Gallery, "Urban Dwellers," Seattle, WA
Whatcom Museum, "NWDC 50th Anniversary Show," Bellingham, WA
Synagogue for the Arts, "Art from Detritus 10th Anniversary Show," NY, NY
South Seattle Community College Gallery, "Litter-ally Repolished," Seattle, WA
Tacoma Community College Gallery, "Contemporary Folk Art," Tacoma, WA
2003 Everett Center For the Arts, "Northwest Designer Craftsmen," Everett, WA
Wall Gallery, John Jay College, "More Art From Detritus," New York, NY
2002 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, "Moving Through Light," Portland, OR
State Capital Museum, "Thurston County Through Artists' Eyes," Olympia, WA
CURATOR EXPERIENCE
SPS Community College Gallery, "Java Divas," Olympia, WA, 2006
Arts Ballard, "4th Annual Recycled Art Invitational," Seattle, WA, 2005
Monarch Sculpture Park, "Recycled Art Group Show," Tenino, WA, 2004
Henderson House Museum, "SCROUNGED!" Tumwater, WA, 2001
Imagination Celebration, "Art From Recycled Materials," Seattle, WA, 1988
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE EXPERIENCE
Washington State Arts Commission artist-in-residence, 2001 - present
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA 1/06,10/04,12/02
State Capital Museum, Olympia, WA 12/99 - 6/01
EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, B.F.A
Rutgers University, Cook College, New Brunswick, N.J, B.S
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS/COLLECTIONS/AWARDS
Here Today: City of Olympia Temporary Public Art, "Ephemeral Folks," 2006
City of Enumclaw, Arts Alive! Iris McLaughlin Award, 2005
City of Olympia Portable Art Works Collection, "Springtide Dancers," 2004
Washington State Department of Ecology, "WRR Star," 2003